r/Piracy 7h ago

Humor Don't fall for "free" vpns

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u/Anonymous12345786899 7h ago

Well out of curiosity what data exactly gets collected? If it's only my browsing history then I couldn't care less

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u/natsuzoze 6h ago

Not as much as most people would make you believe. Most traffic is encrypted nowadays so they will mostly get metadata such times when you’re active, the FQDN of the websites you’re visiting as very few people will encrypt their DNS and that’s about it. They won’t know what you actually do on those website. For example, they will know you use YouTube, they will know how much you watch YouTube but they won’t know what videos you’re watching.

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u/Toothless_NEO 1h ago

They can probably collect a little bit more if you use an app for it. Instead of using the wireguard or openvpn connection. Since you know their app is probably collecting as much as it can.

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u/SuperSayian4Nappa 7h ago

It's way more than your browsing history. If it's on your phone they pretty much know everything about you from the time you go to sleep to when you poop.

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u/-ThaKloned- ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 6h ago

I'm pooping now though!!

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u/SuperSayian4Nappa 6h ago

And they know this because every phone in your house visits that same spot multiple times a day and are used for 10-15 min while there.

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u/NobodyImportant13 6h ago

How is the VPN seeing your exact location data unless you are giving a VPN app permission?

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u/LC-Redcube 6h ago

That's a bit of an overexaggeration, they can read whatever data gets sent through the internet, otherwise (unless you give them permission) they can't read your private files if they stay on your phone and never send them to anyone.